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Chapter Six
InuYasha tried to busy himself in his office, but he couldn't stop thinking about her.
"Agh! What is wrong with me? Why can't I get her out of my head?" InuYasha yell in frustration as he threw his coffee mug across the room causing it to shatter when it hit the opposite wall. He took a deep breath to calm himself down as he ran his hand through his hair.
"Looks like someone's having a bad day."
InuYasha looked over at the person who had entered his office, "Feh, what do you want Miroku?"
Miroku smiled as he carefully stepped over the pieces of glass. "I just wanted to you to sign for the . . ." Miroku trailed off as he saw InuYasha zone him out, "Are you alright?"
InuYasha snapped out off his thoughts and looked back at Miroku. "Huh, oh. Yeah, just tired. That's all." he lied.
Miroku furrowed his brow at him. "No, something's bothering you. Come on, out with it."
"It's none of your concern." InuYasha replied as he turned around in his chair so that he wasn't facing Miroku anymore.
"Uh uh. So, this has to do with a woman then? It's about time you found someone." Miroku said with a grin on his face, "So, who is it?"
"It's no one! This has nothing to do with a woman. Or . . . er . . . not in the way you're thinking." InuYasha defended himself.
The grin never left Miroku's face. "InuYasha, I've known you long enough to know when you're lying. And this just proves my point. Now, tell me who it is."
InuYasha just rolled his eyes and pretended to busy himself with something so that Miroku would get the hint and leave. No such luck though.
"Alright, if you're not going to tell me then I'll just try and guess." Miroku suggested, but InuYasha seemed like he didn't care. "Is it Ayame?" InuYasha grimaced at the thought.
Miroku chucked, "Alright, I'll take that as a no. How about Yura? . . . Well, it better not be Sango." Suddenly Miroku's grin widened, "Is it Kagome?"
InuYasha stopped what he was doing for a second but quickly recovered and continued typing on his laptop.
Miroku chuckled, "Well, I must say you have great taste, my friend. She is a beauty."
InuYasha slammed his fist down on the table. "I don't like Higurashi! She means nothing to me!"
Miroku stood unaffected by the sudden outburst. "Sure you don't." InuYasha sent him a death glare. "You two would make an excellent pair."
InuYasha snorted at the comment. "Been there, done that. She's quite a headache."
"You dated Kagome?"
"Yeah, back in high school. Biggest mistake of my life." InuYasha replied carelessly.
Miroku seemed confused, "Why would you say that? Don't tell me Kagome broke your heart?"
InuYasha's fists tightened, "It happened a long time ago."
"What happened?"
InuYasha's gaze softened and he wasn't looking at Miroku anymore. The door seemed to be more interesting. He found himself telling Miroku about what had happened all those years ago.
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InuYasha spotted Kagome up ahead talking to one of her friends. He walked up beside her and intertwined his fingers with hers. She smiled at him.
"Hi."
"Hey." he replied as he quickly kissed her on the check, "What are you doing tonight?"
"Um, nothing why"
"Well, I thought, you know, we could go to the movies or something. It's been awhile since we've gone out. Just the two of us." he said still smiling.
"Oh . . . I can't tonight InuYasha. I promised Mom that I'd watch Sota."
". . . That's alright. We can go out another time then." he said with disappointment.
"You know what? My cousin Kikyo is in town for the week and if you want I could ask her to watch Sota for me? I mean, I could probably persuade Kikyo into watching him."
InuYasha's features brightened, "Do you think she'll watch him? I know you don't like to be rude to people."
"Yeah, I can probably get her to."
"Great. Do you want me to pick you up?" InuYasha asked.
Kagome shook her head, "No, I can meet you there. My new car is begging me to drive it."
InuYasha smiled, "Okay, I'll see you at seven then." Then he pecked her on the lips on walked off to his next class.
InuYasha stood at the movie theater anxiously tapping his foot. 'Where is she?' he thought as he checked his watch. It was nearly seven thirty and the movie had started long ago.
Suddenly a woman with long black hair walked into the theater. For a moment InuYasha thought it was Kagome, but noticed that Kagome's hair wasn't as straight has that woman's.
InuYasha was about to turn his attention away from the woman, but noticed that she was walking in his direction.
"Hello, you wouldn't be by any chance InuYasha Takahashi?"
InuYasha nodded, "Yes. Why?"
The woman smiled gracefully. "I'm Kikyo Higurashi, Kagome's cousin. She wanted me to tell you how sorry she was about not being able to make it." she said as she stuck out her hand, waiting for InuYasha to shake it. Instead he eyed her suspiciously.
"Then why didn't she call me herself? Why did she send you here?"
"Because I was on my way here. I'm meeting a couple of old friends that I haven't seen in ages."
InuYasha sighed. 'I'll wait just a little longer.'
He stood there with Kikyo for another half hour in silence, before she said something.
"Oh poo. It seems I've been stood up as well."
"I wasn't stood up." InuYasha replied harshly.
Kikyo smiled over at him, "Of course you weren't. Well, it seems that we're both here without any company. Want to see a movie with me?"
InuYasha shook his head, "No thanks. I should be getting out of here." He was about to walk away when Kikyo grabbed his arm.
"Oh come on. You've been waiting here over an hour. You should at least see a movie. Please. I really wanted to see 'Just Friends'. I don't want to watch it by myself."
InuYasha looked back at her, ready to shake her off, when she pulled those puppy-dog eyes on him.
'Well, it wouldn't be right to leave Kagome's cousin here all by herself and her friends did forget about her. I suppose I could stay and watch the movie with her.' InuYasha told himself. "Fine, I'll stay."
"Goodie."
The rest of the night went by fairly quick. The movie was okay if you liked chick flicks, but InuYasha could have sworn that Kikyo had been scooting closer to him throughout the film.
"Oh, I just love happy endings don't you, InuYasha"
InuYasha shrugged his shoulders. "I like action movies better than girlie movies like that."
Kikyo smiled and linked her arm with his. "I really liked spending time with you. Kagome's really lucky to have a guy like you. Too bad she stood you up for that Hojo guy." InuYasha tensed. "Oops."
He withdrew his arm from Kikyo's grasp. "What are you talking about?"
"Oh no. I promised Kagome I wouldn't say a word about this." Kikyo said, who appeared to be getting upset.
InuYasha grabbed by the shoulders. "Kikyo, what are you talking about?"
Kikyo bit her lip. "Well, she told me to meet you here so I could distract you while she went out to dinner with some guy named Hoio . . . Hojo . . ."
"Fujie?"
"Yes, that's it. I'm so sorry InuYasha."
InuYasha shook his head. "But Kagome said that she had to watch Sota if you couldn't."
Kikyo sighed, "InuYasha, Sota's eleven years old. I don't think he needs a babysitter."
InuYasha studied Kikyo to see if he could tell if she was lying. She was looking at the ground and looking very upset about letting her cousin's secret out. 'Is it true, Kagome? Are you really on a date with Hojo Fujie? I mean, I know that he liked you and was always giving you heath foods, but I never thought that you'd go behind my back and date him.'
"Listen InuYasha, I'm sure you need to let this all sink in, but if you need anything, I'm here for you"
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InuYasha stopped telling his story and began to fiddle with a couple of pens on his desk.
"That's it? You didn't even confront her to see if this Kikyo person was telling the truth?" Miroku asked.
InuYasha looked up at him, "Of course I did! I won't have believed a word that came out of that woman's mouth until I had proof or Kagome told me." InuYasha paused and looked at the floor with downcast eyes. "The next day I went to talk to Higurashi to see if I could sort out the mess that was going on in my head, but she wouldn't even talk to me. She avoided me the whole day and every time I met eyes with her she had a look over guilt and regret in them. I finally put two and two together when I found Kagome and Hojo having lunch together. They were laughing and having a good ole time."
"But that doesn't prove anything. You should have at least talked about it and see if it could have been worked out." Miroku inquired.
InuYasha shook his head. "The next day she broke up with me, or better yet, she had one of her friends break up with me for her. Made me the laughing stock of the whole school. Got dumped by a girl who couldn't even do it to my face. She and Hojo started dating the very next week."
Miroku was speechless, "Wow. I didn't know Kagome was capable of being that heartless. What happened after that?"
"Well, after that I became indifferent with her. We didn't even acknowledge each other. You know how people say that hates a strong word? Well, I'd say that we're pretty damn close to it." InuYasha replied.
Kagome checked the clock on her wall. It was just about time to head towards InuYasha's office. She sighed and grabbed her article. "Might as well get this over with." she mumbled to herself.
When she approached his office door she knocked. She heard a "Come in." from the other side and opened the door. She found Miroku getting InuYasha to sign for something.
Kagome walked in and stood off to the side. Miroku turned around and began walking toward the door.
"See ya later Miroku." she said, but he just looked at her with saddened eyes and walked out of the office. Kagome stared off after him. 'Okay, that was weird.'
"Alright Higurashi, let me see that article." InuYasha voice drifted over to her. She turned to him and handed him her papers.
He looked through them, then set them aside. "Alright, you can go." he said, not looking up at her once.
Kagome felt confused. "Um, InuYasha?"
"That's Mr. Takahashi to you!" he yelled as he looked up at her.
Kagome stepped back in surprise. "S-sorry, Mr. Takahashi. I'll be going now." she retorted and turned on her heels and walked out slamming the door behind her. "What a jerk!"
This is the longest chapter yet! And as you can see, I wrote InuYasha's side of the story first. I'm really getting into this story and I think I might be getting over the block. Yea! (lol) Anyway, just for the record, I love chick flicks! They are the best! Well, until next time!
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